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Hyrule Field, Kakariko Gorge and Twilight Kakariko Walkthrough

Twilight Princess 100% Completion Walkthrough23 chapters
Walkthrough overview
CoversHyrule Field (Faron side), Kakariko Gorge in the Twilight, Kakariko Village, the Death Mountain trail, Kakariko Gorge in daylight
DungeonNone. The Light Spirit Eldin and the Vessel of Light take the dungeon’s place.
RewardsVessel of Light filled with 12 Tears of Light, Epona back, Youth’s Scent, 2 Heart Pieces (#6 and #7 on the Heart Piece list), 4 Golden Bugs (Male and Female Beetle, Male and Female Pill Bug), a Howling Stone and the Shield Attack hidden skill

This chapter takes you from the Forest Temple warp out across Hyrule Field, into the Twilight over Kakariko Gorge, through the Eldin Twilight in Kakariko and up the Death Mountain trail, and ends with Epona at your side and a trip home to the Golden Wolf. The shortest route is: cross the field to the wall of Twilight, follow the Youth’s Scent, restore the bridge, collect 12 Tears of Light, then ride Epona back. Everything else here is optional but easy to collect while you are in the area.

Hyrule Field (Faron side)

Leave Faron Woods and enter Hyrule Field

After the Forest Temple you reappear in the woods right outside Trill’s shop. Top up your lantern oil there (20 Rupees) or at Coro’s if you need it. Faron tells you to head for the lands of the spirit Eldin, so walk back past Coro’s house and out through the gate that used to be shut. A couple of Bokoblins wait at the entrance, so deal with them before you walk into the open field.

Link standing beside the red-haired shopkeeper at his stall in Faron Woods
Link walking along the dirt path out of Faron Woods between stone walls
Link fighting a Bokoblin on the dirt road leading toward Hyrule Field

Heart Piece #6 near the first bridge

Follow the dirt path north until the road splits, one branch bending left and the other crossing a stone bridge. At the split a tree stands beside the road with a Piece of Heart floating in its branches. Aim the Gale Boomerang at it to pull it down. It is #6 on the Heart Piece locations list, which numbers all 45.

Link aiming the Gale Boomerang at a tree with a Piece of Heart in its branches
Link holding up a Piece of Heart with its complete message box
Golden Bugs

Male and Female Beetle (Golden Bugs)

Return to the road near the field entrance and walk north, then veer slightly off the path to where the ground changes height. A lone tree on the right of the path has a golden glint at the base of its trunk. Roll into the tree a few times to shake the Male Beetle loose, then chase it and press A when you are close. Golden Bugs glow brightly at night, but they can be found by day too.

Link beside a lone tree with a Male Beetle glowing at its trunk
Link holding up a caught Male Beetle with its complete message box

The Female Beetle sits on a tree trunk on a raised ledge in the northeast part of the field. You cannot climb to it, and she is on the trunk’s north side, so approach along the path walking from north to south until she is visible. Target her with the Gale Boomerang and she is pulled to you. You will hand all bugs to Agitha later; see Golden Bug locations.

Link aiming the Gale Boomerang at the Female Beetle on a tree trunk
Link holding up a caught Female Beetle with its complete message box
Postman

Field enemies and the Postman

On the way you meet Kargaroks overhead, Bokoblins, and Bomskits, which run about and drop small explosive eggs when you get close. A defeated Bomskit leaves worms on the ground; scoop them into an empty bottle for fishing bait. After dark a Stalhound can appear and falls to a few sword strikes. Head east and the Postman stops you to hand over his introductory letter.

Link fights a Kargarok swooping overhead on the grassy field
Link slashes a Kargarok with his sword on the road
Link finishes off a Bomskit lying on the road
The Postman holds out a letter to Link with the dialogue box complete

Into the Twilight

Keep going until you reach the wall of Twilight over Kakariko Gorge. Midna asks if you are ready; step forward and she pulls you in. Link becomes a wolf, so the sword and shield are gone until the light returns.

Link walks along the dark road toward the cave wall
Midna asks Link if he wants to enter the twilight, with Yes and No choices
Link collapses on the ground as he transforms into Wolf Link
Wolf Link runs through the forest with Midna riding on his back

Kakariko Gorge in the Twilight

Youths' Scent

Follow the Youth’s Scent

Run ahead to find the wooden sword you gave Talo lying on the ground. Sniff it with your wolf senses to gain the Youth’s Scent; the trail of the Ordon children now shows up whenever your senses are on. Follow it down the gorge and defeat the three Shadow Beasts that block the road. Leave none alive, or they will not vanish.

Wolf Link and Midna under the message You learned the Youths' Scent
Wolf Link attacks Shadow Beasts on the dirt road
Wolf Link faces three Shadow Beasts on the grassy road

Find the missing bridge piece

The bridge ahead is broken. Midna explains that the portals left by defeated Shadow Beasts work as warp points for Wolf Link. Open the map and warp to the portal in North Faron Woods, where the Kakariko Gorge bridge piece lies right beside you. Talk to Midna, then warp back to the gorge and she sets the piece in place.

Wolf Link stands beside the bridge piece in North Faron Woods
Midna says Wow, it is perfect, beside the bridge piece
The Kakariko Gorge bridge is restored with its new pieces in place
Wolf Link trots across the restored wooden bridge

Dig under the gate

Keep tracking the scent across the bridge to the gate at the end of the gorge. Dig into the soft ground beside it to tunnel underneath, then walk on into Kakariko Village.

Wolf Link approaching the elaborate gate at the end of the gorge
Wolf Link beside the hole dug beneath the gate at the end of the gorge
Wolf Link riding Midna through a rocky tunnel toward Kakariko Village

Twilight Kakariko Village and the Tears of Light

Awaken the Eldin Spring

Three more Shadow Beasts attack as you enter the village. Defeat them to open another warp portal, then go to the spring where the Light Spirit Eldin appears and gives you the Vessel of Light. Twilight Princess HD has 12 Tears of Light here, down from 16 in the original, and your map marks each Shadow Insect. The Tears of Light page has the overview.

Wolf Link facing a Shadow Beast at the entrance to Kakariko Village
Wolf Link battling a Shadow Beast in a sandy area near the village
Light Spirit Eldin glowing at the spring while the message box is shown
Link holding the Vessel of Light with the item message box on screen
Glowing light spirit at the spring explaining where the Shadow Insects are
Renado

Renado’s house and the cellar (Tears 1 to 3)

Stand at the north side of the large house beside the spring (Renado’s sanctuary) and target Midna to leap onto the roof. Walk onto the circle of hay in the middle and you drop through into the room below. Use your senses to watch the survivors: the Ordon children are sheltering with Renado, Barnes and Luda, and Renado mentions a hidden cellar.

Midna perched on a tree branch above Wolf Link beside a village house
Ordon children and villagers seated on benches in Renado's sanctuary
Renado exclaiming that there is a cellar, with his message box on screen
Message box explaining the cellar opens once all the candles are lit

Pick up the unlit stick lying in the room, light it at the fire Barnes has going, then run in a circle around the staircase so the burning stick lights all four candles. The statue in the middle slides aside and you can drop into the cellar. Use your senses to kill the three Shadow Insects there for Tears 1 to 3. At the end of the cellar, target Midna by the scaffolding to jump out into the graveyard.

Wolf Link with a burning stick lighting candles around the staircase
The central statue slides aside to reveal the dark cellar opening
Wolf Link sensing a Shadow Insect inside the cellar, marked by a red arrow
Wolf Link arriving in the Graveyard with its area name on screen
Tear of Light

The fireplace house (Tear 4)

Head for the Elde Inn: past the Dead End sign south of the shop, climb the hill and jump the gap to the corner of the inn roof, then enter. A Shadow Insect hides in the furnace pipes. Carry a stick to a torch, light it and start the furnace; the smoke drives the insect out, and you can kill it for Tear 4. Leave when you are done.

DANGER sign warning not to jump across the gap, signed Elde Inn, in Kakariko Village
Midna riding Wolf Link down a stone corridor toward the Elde Inn
Midna riding Wolf Link beside the lit furnace in the Elde Inn
Wolf Link beside a Shadow Insect on the inn floor after the furnace smoke
Tear of Light

The soft-roof house (Tear 5)

On the southeast side of the village, a row of buildings can be climbed from the southernmost one. Hop along the rooftops to the third, whose patched roof is soft; stand on the patch and you drop through. Push the small crate aside to uncover the insect for Tear 5, then target Midna by the cupboard to jump back out.

Wolf Link dropping through the patched roof into a house
Wolf Link with Midna beside a wooden wardrobe inside a house
Wolf Link and Midna beside a pushed crate with a Shadow Insect

Barnes’ Bomb Shop (Tear 6)

In the north of the village, a small shed stands just beyond Barnes’ Bomb Shop. Climb onto it and dash into the shop window to break it. Inside, go up the steps and dash into the cupboard to tip it over, exposing the insect: Tear 6. Climb the table and leave through the second-floor exit.

Wolf Link with Midna on the wooden shed beside Barnes Bomb Shop
Wolf Link beside a stone wall and barred grate in the north of the village
Wolf Link inside Barnes Bomb Shop on the caged floor by the steps
Tear of Light

The bomb storage house (Tears 7 to 9)

Keep climbing to the storage building and squeeze through the small hole. Another insect sits in a fireplace. Light a stick and burn the fireplace as before, but this time the whole building catches fire. Ignore the insects and leave at once through the hole. When the building collapses, three Tears of Light, numbers 7 to 9, are lying in the rubble.

Wolf Link inside the storage building on a caged floor
Wolf Link surrounded by flames as the storage building burns
Three Tears of Light glowing in the rubble of the collapsed building

Death Mountain trail and the Howling Stone (Tears 10 to 12)

The last three Tears are up Death Mountain. Leave the village by the north gap, climb the ledge and let Midna lift you to the higher one. A Goron stands here; sense him if you want to hear him speak. Follow the trail until you reach the field of steam geysers; they only knock you over and do no damage. Use your senses to find the Shadow Insect burrowed in the ground, dig it up and kill it for Tear 10.

Wolf Link and Midna riding up the canyon trail toward Death Mountain, past a green shrub
Wolf Link carrying Midna up a steep sandstone path on the way to Death Mountain
A glowing Goron speaks to Midna and Wolf Link at the foot of the trail, dialogue fully shown
Wolf Link digs beside a Shadow Insect burrowed in the ground, marked with a sensing arrow

Near that insect, on a cliff, is a Howling Stone (the tune is called the Song of Healing). Listen to the song, then howl it back: hold A, push the stick up for the high note, down for the low note and release it for the middle note. B replays the melody. After one correct pass, Link is taken to the golden wolf’s plateau, where you howl it a second time with the whole tune highlighted. This calls the Golden Wolf to Ordon Spring, who teaches the Shield Attack. The Howling Stone guide covers all seven.

Wolf Link stands beside a glowing Howling Stone with the Listen prompt on screen
Howling the Song of Healing on the pitch bar with the first note lit
Wolf Link howls the full Song of Healing on a cliff, with the whole tune highlighted
The golden wolf spirit howls on its rocky plateau under a misty night sky

Continue to the open ground with four Shadow Beasts. One stands alone, so kill that one first, then take the other three at roughly the same moment to open a warp portal. One of the four beasts waits behind a maze of force fields; that is the loner. Use your senses to find the Shadow Insect in this arena (if it clings to a fence, dash into the fence to knock it loose) for Tear 11.

Wolf Link fights a Shadow Beast trapped behind red force fields in the Death Mountain arena
Wolf Link and Midna face a lone Shadow Beast in the arena, with the others behind it
Wolf Link senses a Shadow Insect clinging to a fence above him in a dim arena
Wolf Link dashes into the fence and knocks a Shadow Insect loose in a burst of pink light

Next to that tear, jump from the small ledge with Midna onto the higher platform. Watch the steam geysers: they knock you back, so move when they die down. Climb the narrow ramp, use Midna to jump again, and drop down the far side to find the last insect. Kill it for Tear 12. The Vessel is full and you are warped back to the Eldin Spring.

Midna riding Wolf Link leaps toward a bright ledge on Death Mountain
Midna on a narrow ramp above the Death Mountain ledges, heading toward the last insect
A Shadow Insect hangs beneath a pipe on a ledge while Wolf Link waits below
Wolf Link attacks the last Shadow Insect on the green-lit ground

Eldin returns the light and Epona

Meet Renado and try the mountain

Eldin restores Kakariko and Link is human again. The Light Spirit tells you the second Fused Shadow lies with the Gorons, and the Ordon children and Renado greet you in the village. Go back to the mountain path and climb the fence: a Goron rushes you, shouts that the land is forbidden to humans, and bounces you off the ledge. You cannot pass yet.

Link in human form standing in the middle of Kakariko village
Ordon children gathered around Link in Kakariko village
Renado introducing himself as the shaman of Kakariko
A Goron elder at the mountain fence saying no humans may pass

Return to the village and speak with Renado again. He suggests that Bo, the mayor of Ordon, may be able to help, and he says the children will stay in Kakariko for now. Walk to the middle of town and a cutscene shows Epona racing in with two Bulblins behind her.

Renado and the Ordon children by the waterfall, speaking to Link
Renado telling Link that Bo is the mayor of Ordon
Epona galloping with two Bulblins riding on her back
Epona

Calm Epona

Link jumps onto Epona’s back and has to settle her. Follow the on-screen prompts: right, left, right, left, then A to grab the reins. Epona is yours again.

Link on Epona during the struggle with the Hold on prompt
Link riding a calmed Epona past a stone wall in Kakariko

Kakariko Gorge bonus items in daylight

Jump the gate and find the Pill Bugs

Ride Epona out of the village and dash at the gate to jump it. In daylight the gorge holds two Golden Bugs and a Heart Piece. Time is locked to day here for now, so the bugs are harder to spot, but you can return at night later. If you met Ooccoo in the Forest Temple, the Postman delivers her letter as you ride.

Link riding Epona through the streets of Kakariko village
Epona leaping over the spiked wooden gate out of the village

Dismount at the bridge, cross it and turn right: the Male Pill Bug crawls in the open beside the path. The Female Pill Bug hides in tall grass and flowers among a triangle of three trees in the southwestern part of the gorge. Cut the grass and press A when she appears.

Link beside tall grass with a female pill bug in front of him
Link holding a female pill bug with the catch message box shown
Link walking through grass beside a wooden fence on the path
Link holding a male pill bug with the catch message box shown
Piece of Heart

Heart Piece #7

Ride toward the east end of the gorge, where two tall rock pillars stand; a Piece of Heart floats above the taller one. Target it with the Gale Boomerang. It is #7 on the master list. If you have also taken the Faron cave piece (#2), both Forest Temple pieces (#4 and #5) and #6, this is your fifth piece and it completes a new Heart Container.

Link on foot beside two tall mossy rock pillars in the gorge
Link aims the Gale Boomerang at targets above a rock pillar
Link holds up a Piece of Heart with the message that it formed a Heart Container

Ordon Spring and the Shield Attack

Return to the Golden Wolf

Ride back through Hyrule Field to Faron Woods and on toward Ordon. Before the village, stop at Ordon Spring. If you used the Death Mountain Howling Stone, the Golden Wolf waits there; approach him as human Link with your sword and he takes you to the Hero’s Shade, who tests your Ending Blow and then teaches the Shield Attack. After you target an enemy, press ZR to bash it with the shield, which stuns it and deflects projectiles. Skills always come in a fixed order, so nothing is lost if you skip this now and return later.

Link riding Epona along a dirt road toward Faron
The golden wolf stands in the misty arena before the test begins
The Hero's Shade says he must test Link's ending blow, with the message box complete
Link faces the Hero's Shade with his sword drawn in the misty arena
Message box explaining that ZR thrusts the shield against an enemy
Message box saying the Shield Attack can repel enemy projectiles

Chapter checklist

TypeNameWhere
Heart Piece#6Tree near the first bridge in Hyrule Field (Gale Boomerang)
Golden BugMale Beetle Male BeetleTree off the path north of the Faron entrance
Golden BugFemale Beetle Female BeetleTree trunk on a ledge in the northeast field (Gale Boomerang)
ItemYouth’s ScentTalo’s wooden sword, Kakariko Gorge
Key itemVessel of Light Vessel of Light (12 Tears)Eldin Spring, Kakariko
Howling Stone Howling StoneDeath Mountain trailNext to Tear 10
Golden BugMale Pill Bug Male Pill BugJust across the Kakariko Gorge bridge
Golden BugFemale Pill Bug Female Pill BugTall grass among trees in the gorge
Heart Piece#7Above the rock pillar in Kakariko Gorge (Gale Boomerang)
Hidden Skill Hidden skillShield AttackGolden Wolf and Hero’s Shade at Ordon Spring

Next, continue with Iron Boots, King Bulblin and Death Mountain.

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